Top-rated albums of 1980

Listed below are the top-rated albums of 1980 as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

1.

Remain In Light 

 Talking Heads

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,967 charts

Rank Score:

30,507

Rank in 1980:

1

Rank in 1980s:

3

Overall Rank:

27

Average Rating:

 87 (2,232 votes)

Comments:

194

2.

Closer 

 Joy Division

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,456 charts

Rank Score:

16,610

Rank in 1980:

2

Rank in 1980s:

10

Overall Rank:

80

Average Rating:

 85 (1,873 votes)

Comments:

123

3.

Peter Gabriel III 

 Peter Gabriel

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

510 charts

Rank Score:

4,389

Rank in 1980:

6

Rank in 1980s:

56

Overall Rank:

407

Average Rating:

 81 (575 votes)

Comments:

24

4.

Scary Monsters... And Super Creeps 

 David Bowie

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

748 charts

Rank Score:

5,958

Rank in 1980:

4

Rank in 1980s:

39

Overall Rank:

301

Average Rating:

 81 (1,083 votes)

Comments:

62

5.

Permanent Waves 

 Rush

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

436 charts

Rank Score:

3,218

Rank in 1980:

8

Rank in 1980s:

86

Overall Rank:

559

Average Rating:

 80 (602 votes)

Comments:

31

6.

Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables 

 Dead Kennedys

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

662 charts

Rank Score:

4,906

Rank in 1980:

5

Rank in 1980s:

49

Overall Rank:

368

Average Rating:

 80 (737 votes)

Comments:

47

7.

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 
Soundtrack

 John Williams (US)

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

255

Rank in 1980:

92

Rank in 1980s:

781

Overall Rank:

5,265

Average Rating:

 80 (67 votes)

Comments:

3

8.

Back In Black 

 AC/DC

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,244 charts

Rank Score:

11,239

Rank in 1980:

3

Rank in 1980s:

17

Overall Rank:

134

Average Rating:

 80 (1,837 votes)

Comments:

139

9.

Never For Ever 

 Kate Bush

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

252 charts

Rank Score:

1,504

Rank in 1980:

32

Rank in 1980s:

189

Overall Rank:

1,183

Average Rating:

 79 (361 votes)

Comments:

18

10.

The River 

 Bruce Springsteen

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

575 charts

Rank Score:

4,060

Rank in 1980:

7

Rank in 1980s:

61

Overall Rank:

442

Average Rating:

 79 (839 votes)

Comments:

47

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The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating an album has currently received.
n = number of ratings an album has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an album to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for an album (currently 72/100).